Tears of the Kingdom Speedruns are INSANE

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[@You-ul8qw]

There should be a nostaliga% where you go to the hotspring pool in the shrine of resurrection, touch it then get to each of the 4 chasms on the great plateau (without leaving the plateau whilst doing so), before going to the temple of time and then the sanctuary in hyrule castle, essentially copying the botw any% route but for totk.

[@videodord]

this is a really good idea, should you need to do the whole poe statue thing as well

[@Eggmanlover]

@@videodord complete the poe statue sidequest, then opening the chest that holds the nostalgia fabric is time

[@IdentifiantE.S]

@@EggmanloverThats a good idea !! 😄

[@SalmonThePoke]

Should you have to get the botw hair?

[@fatmccat1513]

It should be making the nostalgic paraglider and the well worn hair band

[@IHitTheWater]

Finally beat the game so I can check out the speedrun!

[@wenoay]

same

[@cheke_hs]

Same lol That final battle was INSANE. Easily the best one in all of Zelda ever.

[@wenoay]

@@cheke_hs i agree. tho i sorta felt like i cheesed the first few phases with lynel bow and gibdo bone fusions

[@IHitTheWater]

@@wenoay yep I will probably start a new save and try to do the boss russ with much less stuff because that wouldve been epic if he didnt die in 1 flurry rush

[@aruss9033]

I’m just going to watch the first part before the final fight

[@allcbrosx5930]

honestly i kinda wish it wasn’t possible to skip the bosses, even if that’s the main reason the run is sub-hour, the bosses are rlly an awesome part of the run

[@jacksonn5240]

That's why I think glitchless runs would be more interesting

[@memyselfishness]

​@@jacksonn5240 At the very least, I think glitched runs should be running on more recent patches. It's honestly not impressive when they can just duplicate all of these things.

[@Lacie9]

@@memyselfishness why would speedrunners play on a slower patch 💀

[@ToyKeeper]

Speedrun categories exist for a reason. TotK already has categories for current patch and old versions, and it'll probably get split further, for Any% CP NMG (current patch, no major glitches), Any% CP (current patch, glitches allowed), and plain Any% (anything goes). Plus extra categories like 100%, all shrines, etc. But those categories are going to have very, very long runs because there's so much to do in the game. Expect a lot of hoverbike and/or autobuild sliding in the longer categories.

[@xqzyu]

@@memyselfishness god awful take. there will be no glitches if nintendo doesnt want them in their game. at least during this games money making phase

[@mesLewis]

I think all shrines no-dupes would be the coolest category to see. Glitches are fun but like you said if every shrine is just rocket jump to the end thats boring

[@darkwolf9637]

I don't know why but i find the steward constructs absolutely adorable especially their waking up animation

[@noname-mr4xu]

so true

[@TheDarkfighter101]

I just called them light orbs the whole game. Also I am excited to see 152 shrine runs. Every shrine I broke I was thinking, this could be done fast. A longer run where you could get autobuild would be awesome.

[@EeveeEuphoria]

there is a speedrun route for any% that's actually faster than this record that uses autobuild! kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioive2d6hMqsb9U

[@ToyKeeper]

@@EeveeEuphoria I came here to say the same thing, lol. The autobuild route might not be faster, but it's really satisfying that Link can take a detour to build a hoverbike, get autobuild, and fight Master Kohga... and still finish the game in under an hour.

[@Faux03]

I’ve been calling them light orbs too :)

[@nugieboy]

Was waiting for this I’m new to watching speedruns but limcube explains things so concisely, excited for the shrine runs. I prefer glitchless as someone new to all this

[@j0nsgr8]

Lim is such a goat that as I was thinking to myself "What versions are people playing on?" he explained it.

[@mikulaproduction]

I am impressed by the original names speedrunners are giving to the techniques! Red Bull Jump 😃 genius! Physicists at hearts 🙂

[@erinasnow]

I love these explained runs, they're so interesting! Awesome, Limcube!

[@laserfloyd]

I finally beat this last night so it was fun to see how broken the speedruns are. I look forward to seeing how much faster these runs can get. It's amazing what you guys can do. Keep it up. :)

[@skywz]

It's insane that >50% of the run is just spent on the GSI.

[@Jelster64]

i love your totk uploads, very respectful about spoilers yet still mentioning cool new stuff i wanna know about. keep it up

[@paulf4762]

Glitchless shrines for sure. With the unique toolset in totk it would be rad to see them all done with the mechanics intended (Well most of them at least..)

[@gergomi7289]

All!!!

[@AardvarkPaysOff]

I love how the community collectively agree that the end of the run is when link grabs Zelda's hand, even if that section is basically on rails and I highly doubt it could ever be done faster or slower, it's the perfect end and contrast to the beginning of the game.

[@matthewwelch423]

It could be done slower if you just choose not to dive immediately or Choose not to press the button to Grab her hand immediately.

[@LazyGardenGamer]

​@@matthewwelch423 also if you misread the prompt like I did and repeatedly press A instead of holding it, lol Looked like we got pretty close to the ground and now I'm super curious what happens if you don't catch her

[@lukeshioshio]

​​@@LazyGardenGamer you don't reach the ground it's scripted, you stay falling in place with the music looping until you catch her

[@LazyGardenGamer]

@@lukeshioshio I figured as much

[@dreigreen6941]

I don't play any Zelda now, but I'm so glad you explained this speedrun. It was entirely entertaining to learn and witness the genius behind these tactics.

[@Rightsideup23]

Spoilers for a side quest at Foothill stable (and possibly main quest spoilers too, but nothing more than is in the video): I can just imagine it now. Zelda - "We tried many different ways to defeat Ganondorf, but all of our attempts failed. Link, you must beat Ganondorf by some other path!" Link - beats Ganondorf and saves Zelda Zelda - "Why don't you have clothes on?" Link - "But I thought you told me..."

[@dbugboi]

Just witnessed Player 5 get a 56:04 with early wing, new WR 💪

[@kamranrachlin2769]

New game, same GOAT

[@PeterPutze]

He plays on 1.0.0 though

[@gergomi7289]

Doesn’t matter...still mad skills!!!

[@PolarYt323]

It took me 59 days to beat the game and this man doing it in 59 minutes

[@mike1024.]

Duplication is wonderful for those who don't want to go on repetitive fetch quests, but I feel like speedruns should take place in the latest version of the game.

[@sashoboss2121]

I love the name for the red bull jump, I knew nothing about it but when limcube was explaining the name I literally said out loud because it gives you wings in sync with him aha

[@triangularfish6487]

What do you think about skipping the intro? Mario sunshine had the same issue but it was ultimately determined that the minimal amount of inputs and easy movement was not worth the absurd amount of cutscenes.

[@CharlieGreasby]

Yeah I agree with that but I see people say it’s technically not trivial (it’s possible to do it faster than someone else) so it shouldn’t be skipped 😭

[@dearthofdoohickeys4703]

Unless some crazy sequence break is discovered, I think it should be skipped. It’s boring to watch, and boring to play too. The only thing it’s it’s favour imo is giving speed runners a little break.

[@StormsparkPegasus]

This is nuts, I'm over 200 hours in, and while I've completed the first 4 temples, I only have the depths about 1/3 uncovered, and I've got a long way to go with quests on the surface as well. To say nothing of korok seeds.

[@LazyGardenGamer]

I cannot believe how insane this already is. Can't wait to see new tech

[@diegoaguilar1954]

As i was playing the game in spanish, i call the Lights of Blessing “Light Orbs” bc thats almost how they are called there (Orbe Luminoso, which means Luminous Orb)

[@kF_116]

16:54 "The Master Sword is running low on energy" yea exactly what i was thinking

[@mememan5466]

I don't think we'll find a great sky island skip (although I'll stay hopeful) but I do think that we'll be able to skip having to go to the temple of time so many times (getting to recall shrine without fast travel, clipping into inactive shrines ect)

[@leduck1645]

seems like a cool video, will be back in a week when i finish the main quests in my playthrough 👍

[@antifocus]

GG Limcube, it's indeed hilarious to see the spear in the final cutscenes

[@nikifallen93]

I always call them “lights of blessing”. GG, by the way. This was mind-boggling. I watched P5 do the early wing version, but since he doesn’t explain a lot, I miss most of the coolness. Thanks for always commentating!

[@matthewheimerdinger9118]

good to see the spear glitching through the final bits. Much more entertaining than a sub-59 =)

[@elysium99999]

This video helped me complete my first run! Just over 2 hours is not bad. Thank you

[@blueylewis9419]

Good run man. I still call the lights of blessing spirit orbs lol. i finally beat the game today, and i can finally start watching you run

[@synka5922]

interesting, that early wing idea was something I thought months ago when I first played. I thought "surely you can get up there"

[@AlexEgiyan]

wow, I'm shocked, loved the video, thank's for the explenations

[@neezy7]

Really enjoyed your commentary, excellent content

[@lovebotwandtotk]

I literally found the secret tunnel at the Great Sky Islands when I was running around and dropped into the hole.

[@casesandcapitals]

9:48 legitimately threw my head back and laughed. Not sure if it was the joke or your unimpressed tone, but that got me good

[@rich1051414]

The possibilities for breaking this game are endless. This is going to be a speed run category that seemingly evolves forever. Especially the glitchless category.

[@tysondennis1016]

I like how if you speedrun, Colgera's battle theme becomes Ganondorf's battle theme.

[@catalyst539]

Only for the first phase iirc

[@pplord3170]

Dudes be able to meat the game in a hour while I take like 2 hours on the great sky island

[@JonathanStanley]

Link is clearly the "Sage of Duplication" and Nintendo should have left this unpatched 😂 Time travel? Sure! Immortal? Deffo! Clone items? NONONOO! 😂

[@catalyst539]

link isn’t a sage hudson is a sage

[@VeeOasis]

31:26 i call it a mix of things, spirit orbs, blessings, light orbs, blessing orbs, lights, blessing thing, light thing, shrine reward. really depends on my mood

[@RandomGuy-qu8fy]

I think it also depends on if you are playing botw

[@Primal_Necrozma]

Just call the spirot orbs blights... wait a minute

[@CollinShook]

Just finished TOTK this morning, stoked to see your approach finally!

[@ztirom2267]

When i saw the bossrush and everything around that i was like: there is absolutely NO way speedrunners are going to have an easy time here, kinda sad that the game is already so broken But this is by far the best game i ever played, the ending literally had me cry for a solid 2 minutes

[@julieburnsTY]

Lim explains that if you have a speed buff your jump goes further (in comparison to BotW) due to a change in how Link retains momentum. To clarify, this is true of simply sprinting as you jump--even without any elixir boost, Link jumps further in this game.

[@noammkw3770]

the thing i wanna see being found is a way to clip through the floor from the beginning area (before the intro), so you could get to the final boss before even doing the intro

[@ChemloWright]

The intro is on an entirely separate map, so the rest of Hyrule basically doesn't exist during the intro. It's pretty rough.

[@Hobnobrob10]

The future of this game's most watched speedruns will be dupe-less and without amiibos

[@mememan5466]

If you're playing on 1.1.2, you can still do the speed strat with wings by getting 5 rushrooms from in the cave after the fuse shrine although this only gives speed 2 so I don't think that the big jump in the ultrahand shrine is possible

[@ajukreyzi9533]

This may be a personal opinion but I'm not really getting into this. What I liked about BotW speedruns was that besides the traveling glitches you actually collected the gear necessary to beat the game and then beat the final fight in it's entirety. If you screwed up you didn't have enough weapons, or simply die. In this you're simply invulnerable because of 20 fairies, eradicate the hordes of enemys with cheated up topazes and then oneshot the final boss with a damage modified weapon that would never exist in the game. Always appreciate your work though, it's really fun to see how all of you speedrunners make things work. I've watched BotW speedruns for 6 years. But this doesn't get me.

[@gergomi7289]

Exactly right. 😝😜😎

[@SMO_Boi]

I’ve been waiting for this! Exciting!!

[@Eagle_SFM]

Unskippable cutscenes are awful, and not just for speed running. "Demon king? Secret stone?" I wish they were a little more fresh with their tutorial area this time around too

[@asgradia9093]

Appreciate the warning! I havent beaten theg game cause im taking my time and just wanted to see what the strats are for the Great Sky Island. Thanks for the warning that youre going to talk about end game stuff even in the beginning:D

[@MiDeN420]

Just beat the game, and dear God, is it a masterpeice

[@ILostMyOreos]

I also got emotional at the end! The sequence is really good

[@serge263]

I don't even need to watch it. The only words I have are: "WHAT IN THE NAME OF HYLIA!"

[@meme_cult9182]

At the recall shrine I used ultra hand to move the clock hands until the gate opened, but since I was near the door I kinda clipped through before the door closed

[@Cloudyb01]

I know you said don't watch it if i didn't finish the game, but watching this video was worth it

[@eddieanderson9399]

I'm actually slow running the game for longest playthrough. Started it May 12th and just arriving at Kakariko Village now.

[@ramonborchert9167]

Du bist der erste deutsche den ich sehe der so extrem flüssig Englisch spricht ist echt krass😂 You're the first german i see who speaks English this fluently its pretty astonishing 😂

[@Richard_Rz]

At 40:00, you can spawn 15 items in a single jump if you keep pressing menu while still in the air and have dispensed the prior 5 items.

[@Link.ispada]

you know what i want to see you do. Everything the souls games got from the zelda games with the differences cuz the similarities are just mind blowing and frankly ALot of people are looking for that video but no one had the balls to make it

[@BigJuice234]

I would really enjoy a glitchless all shrines in this game, I think it would be interesting if routed well

[@TomKloseMusic]

I came here first thing after I beat the game. I just had to see the speedruns as fast as possible. :)

[@sirsc.]

I just call them Light Orbs. Great vid btw ^^

[@UnrebornMortuus]

prediction for next zelda game an enemy appears and baits you into pulling the master sword turns out it was inside dragon ganons head pulling it lets him roam again like 4 swords with vaati

[@gergomi7289]

Brilliant! That’s exactly the next iteration.

[@EZJCat2]

not sure if this is useful but I found that you can use ultra hand on the spinning things at the end of the recall shrine and can glue them together if you don’t arrive at a good time

[@RandomGuy-qu8fy]

The recall part allows for some room for error

[@TopLevelJiuJitsu]

The community should agree to just start the run at the end of that 4 min cut scene.

[@ThunderClanFan22]

This game is gorgeous!!!

[@smurgledwerf]

At 7:12 the construct asks "Are you hot?" lol

[@Kinesicz]

Glad you’re back, Lim!

[@matejsmetana3165]

I had obtained the majora's mask quite early on so my play-through has been kinda easier than it should have been XD.

[@tagginondawal3961]

I'd be more excited to see a glitchless all shrine run. Everyones just going fast and doing glitches, imo, it gets kinda repetitive. Watching people do it glitchless and trying to do all Shrines would be interesting!

[@mt2r-music]

Lets imagine a category where amiibos are banned: is it allowed to use your horses breath of the wild? I mean they are available in a fresh safefile but then you need to play another game to be able to speedrun this one which seems kinda awkward and rule bending.

[@RandomGuy-qu8fy]

That is probably considered new game +

[@badingott]

Tears of the Kingdom spearruns are wild.

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

Tears of the Kingdom Speedruns are INSANE

[@LCucu]

THE RED BULL JUMP BAHA

[@birdbirdbirdbirdbrid]

Let’s call lights of blessings “Lobs”

[@dearthofdoohickeys4703]

I think glitchless would be pretty fun. Right now the game is new, so there’s a lot of built-in mechanics that can be explored and showcased. Maybe in a few years, after we’ve seen all the different strats, glitches will be more interesting. Edit: “Spears of the Kingdom” 🤣 man those spear shenanigans got me good

[@styxwessel5930]

The wing going the wrong direction is actually because you're standing too far forward, if you go to the opposite side very close to the nose, it makes the wing "drift" in the other direction.

[@Qwurx0]

Personally I call them "Blessing of Light" as it conveys that they are blessing me with light that seals the darkness imbedded in me from the gloom. "Light of blessing" sounds a bit too clunky and is hard to understand.

[@PatataMaxtex]

First video of yours that I stopped watching after 2 minutes. but I will be back!

[@PatataMaxtex]

i am back!

[@KcChu226]

reb bull jump GOAT naming

[@HydraGenisys]

We have no need for the master sword anymore. now We got the spear that seals darkness. The MASTER SPEAR

[@catalyst539]

master torch is better

[@ecokrazy]

Appreciate the warning. I'll come back once I'm done :)

[@smaza2]

all shrines with all glitches but duplication would be a very entertaining speed run imo but i look forward to your runs regardless :)

[@stephenparker7478]

Glitch-less is way better.They've provided every tool in the world to do something clever.

[@TheRayerrr]

Could you explain TaechuK's 1.2 no amibo speedrun its the world record right now

[@edwardnowakowski5990]

I’m a ffxiv addict, so I keep calling lights of blessing “blessings of light”

[@zheydhan665]

30:00 they should make this new Rupaz into the game LOL

[@coqru]

i wanna see a % where you go to all the spots where memories were in botw but in totk

[@ThePiachu]

I guess you could call Lights of Blessings "LoBs"

[@ObrodaiPatji]

Saving this video for when i beat the game

[@williamdailey792]

Not gonna lie I still mentally categorize the lights of blessing as spirit orbs, so I call them spirit orbs

[@catalyst539]

Technically we did find a Plateau skip, but it requires way too much setup. In case you can’t tell, I’m talking about transferring the glider into a new game with IST. Edit: All speedruns lose tons of time because the loading screens between Demon King and Demon Dragon. I have digital 1.1.1 and it’s still 40 seconds. It hurts.

[@WilderBaton]

All of this and Gloom Hands are still faster than you (I know they are called Gloom Spawn but Gloom Hands makes more sense)

[@LostLevelMusic]

This is crazy impressive

[@ArmorAdv413]

Blessings of light, light balls, light orbs, spirit orbs, spirit lights, light spirits, light blessings and pieces of hearts

[@epicbrawlstars808]

Limbe cub the goat!